Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 69653

Offshore Industry

Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025

Question

Harriet Cross

ConservativeGordon and Buchan

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help ensure that levels of (a) oil and (b) gas production from existing fields are maintained.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Government has committed to maintaining existing fields for their lifetime. Earlier this year, the Government consulted on ‘Building the North Sea’s energy future’, including proposals not to issue new licences to explore new fields and to partner wit...

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